William Reaves Fine Art: Holidays at the Haley Memorial Library
- MIDLAND, Texas
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- August 30, 2013
December 5-11, 2013: Holidays at the Haley Memorial Library (Midland, Texas)
William Reaves Fine Art teams up with the prestigious Haley Memorial Library to host a holiday celebration bringing Midland art enthusiasts an outstanding exhibition featuring many of the state’s best contemporary artists at the Haley Memorial Library in Midland, Texas. The Houston-based gallery is acknowledged as one of the foremost venues for Texas subject matter in the state, focusing on early, modern, and contemporary art – the gallery has quickly achieved a reputation for presenting exceptional examples of Texas art, reflecting a broad spectrum of periods and media. The 16 artists represented in the Haley show constitute the gallery’s Contemporary Texas Regionalist group, exhibiting artists from across the Lone Star state. The artists hale from all over the state, many acknowledged as rising stars on the Texas scene and all recognized among the foremost painters working within the state today. The Contemporary Texas Regionalists include Randy Bacon (Albany), Mary Baxter (Marfa), Margie Crisp (Elgin), Keith Davis (Austin), Jon Flaming (Richardson), Pat Gabriel (Fort Worth), Robert Harrison (San Antonio), Lee Jamison (Huntsville), Robb Kendrick (Austin), Laura Lewis (Mason), William Montgomery (Elgin), Noe Perez (Corpus Christi), Jeri Salter (Round Rock), Debbie Stevens (Cypress), Bob Stuth-Wade (Dublin) and William Young (Palestine). While working in a wide range of styles and variety of medium, each artist conveys traditional Texas subject matter and painterly, regional ethos in their output. Each of them is producing artwork that is capturing the attention of major collectors and finding their way into the permanent collections of Texas museums. Holidays at the Haley runs from December 5th through December 11th.
Related Special Events:
December 5, 2013, 6-9pm: Opening Reception
December 7, 2013, TBD: Lecture by Dr. Michael Grauer, curator of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
Contact:
Sarah FoltzWilliam Reaves Fine Art
713-521-7500
sarah@reavesart.com
2313 Brun Street
Houston, Texas
info@reavesart.com
713-521-7500
http://www.reavesart.com
About William Reaves Fine Art
HOUSTON'S TEXAS-CENTERED GALLERY William Reaves Fine Art, established 2006 in Houston, Texas, is dedicated to the promotion of premier Texas artists of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing particularly on historically significant artists active in the state during the period of 1900-1975. Now beginning its eighth year, the gallery showcases many of the region’s most accomplished and recognized talents, all of whom have significant connection to the state of Texas and have evidenced the highest standards of quality in their work, training, and professionalism in the field. The gallery exhibits artists working in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, works on paper, and photography. In addition to its general focus on Early Texas Art, the gallery places special emphasis on the rediscovery and presentation of early and mid-century works by Houston and South Texas artists. William Reaves Fine Art is the foremost provider of Texas Modern Art, which includes mid-century masters and pioneering expressionists working in the state. In order to promote interest and broaden knowledge of earlier Texas art, the gallery supports related gallery talks, community events, scholarly research, and publication related to its subject, artist, and period. William Reaves Fine Art also represents a dynamic group of contemporary artists, known as the Contemporary Texas Regionalists, actively showing their works in annual gallery exhibitions as well as traveling exhibitions throughout the state. Additionally, William Reaves Fine Art is a comprehensive gallery offering fine art appraisals, consultation, collections management, brokerage, and sales services. Gallery hours are Friday-Saturday, 10am-5pm, and Tuesday-Thursday by appointment.
